Songs for the Open Road: Poems of Travel and Adventure

This collection is divided into three sections, "Songs for the Open Road", "Sea, Rail and Sea", "Home, Rest, and Final Voyages". It contains many of the best- loved poems in the English language, poems not necessarily associated with subjects of Travel and Adventure, though they may touch upon them. One of the great examples is an Emily Dickinson selection" "There is no frigate like a book To take us Lands away. Nor any corvette like a page of prancing Poetry. This traverse may the poorest take Without the oppress of Toll. How frugal is the Chariot that bears a human soul. The title poem is from Whitman, and it sets the tone for what should be a highly enjoyable vogage, of mind, heart and soul.

It's hard to believe how many of the best poems in English are in this thin little book -- ninety poems for a dollar. I second the action of the Poetry Project in giving it free to lots of people. Buy one for your glove compartment, your office, your study, and your best reader friend!